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MIDDLE EAST AGAIN IS A STORM CENTER; National and Racial Tensions Are Reappearing as Axis Powers Are Forced Out

By JOHN MacCORMACBy Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();

November 12, 1944,

, Section REVIEW OF THE WEEK EDITORIALS, Page E6, Column , words

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LONDON, Nov. 11 -- The Middle East, that crossroads where Europe, Asia and Africa meet each other in time and space, is again thrusting itself into the news. In half a dozen years it has been the scene of Nazi intrigue, of Allied-Axis war, of Anglo-American competition for markets and oil fields, of Russian oil imperialism and now of terrorism.

November 12, 1944

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